A 51-year-old woman was arrested from the Stoke Aldermoor address on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

The trio have been held for 24 hours so far.

This morning Coventry Police obtained a superintendent’s extension which allows them to be held and questioned for a further 12 hours.

If they wish to continue to hold the suspects they will have to apply to a court.

The arrests came days after the 22nd anniversary of Nicola’s dissapearance.

Nicola, 18, hasn’t been seen since she left her boyfriend’s home in Winston Avenue, Wood End, to go to her parents’ house in nearby Woodway Park, in 1991.

She would have had to walk across a patch of land, known locally as the Black Pad, but she never arrived at her destination.

Despite extensive enquiries, Nicola, who had a seven-month-old son at the time, has never been seen again.

The two male suspects would have both been aged 27 when Nicola went missing.

After they made the arrests in Copperas Street police searched a nearby garage.

They sifted through a huge number of items before a safe was found and taken away for analysis.

Neighbours living close to the arrested pair said they were “good people”.

Others had no idea why they had been arrested, suggesting the searches were linked to someone else living in the street.

The Telegraph saw no evidence to suggest that either the property in Copperas Street or Ribble Road was currently subject to any forensic searches.

The arrests come a week after police said they had made a forensic breakthrough in the case.

Last year, on the 21st anniversary of her disappearance police and Nicola’s parents John and Marilyn Payne, launched an appeal to track down two men who were seen standing near a car parked by Cardinal Wiseman school playing fields on the day she disappeared.

They were standing next to a car, described as a metallic blue Ford Capri, possible 1980 or V registration with a black spoiler and dirty wheels.

Last week police revealed that they had sent a number of items for specialist forensic testing following a full review into the investigation.

It’s the first time cutting-edge forensic techniques have been used in the investigation into Nicola’s disappearance.

Marking the latest anniversary Nicola’s mum Marilyn Payne, 68, said she and husband John would never give up hope of finding their daughter.